# Pick a Fucking Date, Will Ya, Amazon? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 7, 2003, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fucking-date-will-ya-amazon/173624 "2003-05-07T10:00:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fucking-date-will-ya-amazon/173624/1 "2003-05-07T10:00:58Z")
I’m checking around the net to try and find the DVD release date for [Naqoyqatsi](http://www.naqoy.com/). The last time I checked to see if Amazon had any information about it, all they had were the listed showtimes for theaters no where near my area. So I start digging around and find the [official discussion board](http://www.koyaanisqatsi.org/community/discussion/read.php?f=5&i=135&t=135) for the film. Sure enough, there’s a thread on the release date, open it up and start looking for answers. One poster says > [@](#): > > [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) has it listed as an October release. Well, that’s not too far off, I can probably live till then. The next post is a couple of weeks later and it says > [@](#): > > I have received notification from [amazon.com](http://amazon.com) that it will be on dvd on june 13 2003… Whoa! Kick ass! I hie myself on over to Amazon to see about pre-ordering it and what do I see?[ > [@](#): > > **DVD Release Date:** January 1, 2010 ]([http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JLIA/qid=1052300845/sr=1-1/ref=sr\_1\_1/002-8906597-7514407?v=glance&s=dvd](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JLIA/qid=1052300845/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-8906597-7514407?v=glance&s=dvd))What the flaming fuck? I _know_ studios play with the release dates time and time again (_For All Mankind_ was delayed on DVD something like six months from it’s original planned release date), but come on, guys, they don’t announce that they are going to release a movie on DVD this year, and then suddenly say, “Nope! Screw it! We’re gonna put it off for about 7 years.” Unless, of course, they were hoping to use the (by then, the _much_ anticipated DVD [or whatever format we’ve been forced to switch to]) release as a distraction so we don’t notice that Jupiter’s suddenly turned into a fucking star, and we’re now a binary star system. But hey, I can take comfort in this notice on the page > [@](#): > > You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives. Oh yeah, like I know where I’m gonna be living seven _fucking_ years from now!! ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fucking-date-will-ya-amazon/173624/2 "2003-05-07T10:09:46Z")
> [@](#): > > DVD Release Date: January 1, 2010 Talk about your much-anticipated release! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fucking-date-will-ya-amazon/173624/3 "2003-05-07T11:42:48Z")
Could be worse. The BBC’s official website once listed a release date for one of their products as the 32nd of February. They corrected it after a couple of months, though. ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fucking-date-will-ya-amazon/173624/4 "2003-05-07T13:06:02Z")
**Steve** - was it a Doctor Who thing? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fucking-date-will-ya-amazon/173624/5 "2003-05-07T13:12:41Z")
She knows me so well… ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fucking-date-will-ya-amazon/173624/6 "2003-05-07T13:54:59Z")
I’ve found that preordering anything from Amazon is a really nice way of receiving it several weeks after the release date. Perhaps the 2010 date is a bold new way of making customers find otherwise, as they’re pleasantly surprised at receiving things in, say, 2008 instead. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fucking-date-will-ya-amazon/173624/7 "2003-05-07T18:00:52Z")
Harry Potter 5 is released on the 20th of June. Amazon : ‘Delivery Estimate: February’ WTF? ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fucking-date-will-ya-amazon/173624/8 "2003-05-07T18:28:59Z")
Amazon has the DVD set released of the fourth season of the Sopranos as 2010 also. Somehow not believing that’s accurate. ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fucking-date-will-ya-amazon/173624/9 "2003-05-07T23:13:11Z")
Am I the only one that had in their mind images of a big hairy buff chick that kept blowing tucker off for a date? Or is it just my sleep deprivation? ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fucking-date-will-ya-amazon/173624/10 "2003-05-07T23:46:58Z")
Yup, **BioHazard**. Actually, I thought it might be about me, since I’m 5’11" and pretty indecisive about guys. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fucking-date-will-ya-amazon/173624/11 "2003-05-08T03:44:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BioHazard \* > \*\*Am I the only one that had in their mind images of a big hairy buff chick that kept blowing tucker off for a date? \*\* I should _be_ so lucky!